SAN DIEGO, Calif. – California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D-San Diego) Thursday said she will propose legislation to further crack down on employers and their lawyers who refer federal immigration agents to workers who assert their rights at the workplace, such as filing a complaint with the state’s Labor Commissioner. The Sacramento Bee reported…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — State lawmakers have approved a 10-year extension for California’s cap-and-trade program. Cap and trade requires companies to buy permits to release greenhouse gas emissions. The legislation approved Monday, AB 398, will continue the program until 2030. “Republicans and Democrats set aside their differences, came together and took courageous action,” Gov. Jerry Brown…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. –The Senate Public Safety Committee today passed a bill authored by Assemblymember David Chiu (D-San Francisco) and sponsored by Alameda District Attorney Nancy O’Malley that would help reduce the number of untested sexual assault evidence kits throughout California. AB 41 will for first time require law enforcement agencies to report to the California…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D-San Diego) Friday invited her colleagues in the California Legislature to reaffirm the state of California’s commitment to reaching the targets of the Paris Climate Agreement that the Trump Administration withdrew the United States from Thursday, while also calling upon other states and cities to…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – State Treasurer John Chiang and Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) said Thursday that California’s Secure Choice program remains on track to provide retirement security to nearly 6.8 million private-sector workers who do not have access to a retirement savings plan from their employer. Earlier this month, the U.S….
SAN DIEGO – The State of California has released the official graduation rate data for the Class of 2016, and San Diego Unified ranked first among the top 5 largest districts – ahead of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Long Beach and Fresno. The state put the final graduation rate number for San Diego Unified at…
SACRAMENTO, Calif.- Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced that California will continue to prohibit state-funded and state-sponsored travel and expenditures to North Carolina based on that state’s discriminatory laws. The decision was reached following North Carolina’s enactment of House Bill 142 (H.B. 142). While this bill repealed the state’s controversial “bathroom bill” (H.B. 2), H.B. 142 bans state and…
With Tax Day fast approaching and Republicans planning the first major overhaul of the U.S. tax code in three decades, the personal-finance Web site WalletHub today released its 2017 Tax Burden by State report. One simple ratio known as the “tax burden” helps cut through the complex tax system. Not to be confused with tax…
SAN FRANCISCO – A bill that would modernize California’s laws that criminalize and stigmatize people living with HIV today cleared its first major legislative hurdle. The Senate Public Safety Committee approved Senate Bill (SB) 239 by a vote of 5-2. The bill is authored by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Asm. Todd Gloria (D-San…
OAKLAND, Calif. – State Treasurer John Chiang and the Cannabis Banking Working Group will meet Monday, March 27 in Oakland City Hall to discuss solutions that provide greater access to banking to California’s future $7 billion legal cannabis industry. The conflicts between state and federal laws have forced cannabis firms to deal almost entirely in…
